Is the recline lever a simple release for up & down function? Comments say the leg extension is hard to drop ? Its for a 90 yr old.
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Lever is only to open up the leg extension, to put down you have to used your leg strength. Its definitely not for 90yr person. I hope this answers your question
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The leg extension is very hard to drop down. My 88 yr. old mom got trapped in the chair. The drop was too hard for me to push all the way down. It would pop back up if it didn't get locked into place. My husband had to push it down in the locked position for us. Lucky for us that he was home from work, or she'd be in that chair for hours.After we returned it, we ended up spending an extra $150 for an electric lift chair from Walgreens.BTW, Amazon was amazing when we called them about returning the chair. We only had to put it back in the box. They took care of everything else! The leg extension is very hard to drop down. My 88 yr. old mom got trapped in the chair. The drop was too hard for me to push all the way down. It would pop back up if it didn't get locked into place. My husband had to push it down in the locked position for us. Lucky for us that he was home from work, or she'd be in that chair for hours.After we returned it, we ended up spending an extra $150 for an electric lift chair from Walgreens.BTW, Amazon was amazing when we called them about returning the chair. We only had to put it back in the box. They took care of... » Read More The leg extension is very hard to drop down. My 88 yr. old mom got trapped in the chair. The drop was too hard for me to push all the way down. It would pop back up if it didn't get locked into place. My husband had to push it down in the locked position for us. Lucky for us that he was home from work, or she'd be in that chair for hours.After we returned it, we ended up spending an extra $150 for an electric lift chair from Walgreens.BTW, Amazon was amazing when we called them about returning the chair. We only had to put it back in the box. They took care of everything else! « Show Less
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It would be much too hard for a 90 year old to push the chair back in. You have to use your legs to push the foot rest back in once it's extended. It's hard for me and I'm in my 30's.
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There is a knob that controls the rate and ease of recline. You can also pull the seat height handle out for back tilting; you need to push it back in to lock the position.
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Lift and hold the lever on the left side, and push the foot rest down to the position you want, then let go of the lever, it should stay.
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I haven't had a problem with it staying up, but it is not a formal 'click' recline system, it is a tension clip thing (I'm probably not describing that well). So I can see how if it is misused or over-used over time that it may break (such as a display model in a store). So far so good on mine, but I've only had it about four months.
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I must push the extended leg position down with my feet and then use the handle to lock the chair in the upright position. For me, a 5 foot 3 inch woman, pulling the handle down to bring the foot rest down was impossible. Once I got the hang of simply pushing down with my legs, locking the chair upright was OK.
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It locks in the reclined position but you can still swivel with it, just not glide. You can push the foot rest back in with your legs when you want to get up like most recliners. You don't need to use the lever. It works like a normal recliner but you can swivel.
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Agreed. Very easy to change, and the locking levers are secure. Just be sure to check the screws that mount the lever assemblies to the legs. One of mine came loose while I was making an adjustment and the leg section fell out. Not a big deal, fixed with the turn of the screwdriver.
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Bring the foot rest all of the way up manually, it will click, then push it down all the way and ratchet it back up in increments. This is just like your lawn chair lounges, same concept. It doesn't lock, it goes up all the way, then down to the bottom and ratchets up to straight again, until it reaches the top then it automatically goes down for the slow return up. Hope that helped.
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It's kind of tricky. Relax and don't force it. Push one of the bottom leg bars first. I thought it was a pain at first, too.
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i put one foot in a handle like a stirrup and do leg presses. With your foot still in the handle you can also lift leg up toward ceiling and lower it slowly. Works great just have to make sure your foot doesn't slide out of handle.
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It takes a bit of strength to pop the top step into lock position and to unlock it when you want to fold the steps up for storage. My wife is 73 & she manages it. It is the safest system on the market however. Should you be using a step stool at your age? Get the stool & let someone else do the climbing.
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It requires quite a bit of weight to push down after the lever has been pulled up. I have to sit on it and then pull the lever.
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Sarah - As I may have noted, for some reason I have never been able to get the pull down mechanism to work properly, though I have a friend who bought them on my recommendation and he doesn't have that problem. The release function may be sensitive to the relative height of the two mounting brackets, I'm not sure. So make sure they're even (mine are installed in an A ceiling, so making them level with each other would have taken more effort than I had any reason at the time to believe is necessary). At any rate, I added a little string to the release mechanism, so I hold the release open with the string with one hand while I release the bikes down sliding the rope through the other hand. It's not super convenient, but it works fine. Pulling them up is no problem. The movement is quite smooth, you just have to pull or release the rope smoothly. Hope this helps.
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I use a standard pneumatic barstool which worked great at both heights for me (currently w/ leg extensions). I like slightly different heights for different angles. It's just more flexible when getting the exact position you want.
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I got the following reply from my brother who is using this massage chair.There is a recline function that moves the leg and back together and there is a separate leg function that adjusts the leg independently. The relay controls that leg section is what I have problem with. It decides to quit working sometime but few minutes later it is all fine. But over all it is a great chair.
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There is a lever that you push down and the shaft slides up. It's pretty easy
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It is hard, my wife just stepped on it with the "extender" feet on it and it is firm. We think it a good switch for 80 yr. old from stairs. Enhoy